Super Best Audio Friends

  1. Lobby

    General sub-forum area. New members must read the stickied posts in the Tales from the Bully Pulpit sub-forum before posting.

    1. Tales from the Bully Pulpit

      Must read stuff and important announcements.
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      1. How to Win Friends and Influence People

      2. Ambiophonics

      Latest: Two Channel "Acoustics" Subcategory Call for Comments E_Schaaf Nov 19, 2018 at 8:50 AM
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    2. General Audio Discussion

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      1. Advice Threads

      2. Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals

      Latest: The All Purpose Advice Thread Type35 Nov 20, 2018 at 2:23 PM
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    3. Music and Recordings

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      1. Music and Recordings (vinyl , 8-track, etc.)

      Latest: What are you listening to right now? (2nd Part) Wilson Nov 20, 2018 at 4:21 PM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: New England SBAFers JoshMorr Nov 17, 2018 at 7:05 PM
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    5. Audio Science

      Discussion of blind testing, psychoacoustics, and measurement techniques. Also, preliminary, research, and exploratory measurements should generally be posted here unless the results of your measurement rigs have been established and well known. This is to prevent confusion and difficulty in comparing one measurement with another. Excessive insistence on only very difficult to implement double blind testing results in an automatic one week ban or worse.
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      1. Blind Testing and Psychoacoustics

      2. Measurement Techniques Discussion

      Latest: Sony WH-1000XM3 measurements and thoughts bengo Nov 15, 2018 at 2:54 PM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: APB: CA Atlas - @warrior Vansen Oct 29, 2018
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  2. Personal Audio Gear Discussion

    Personal audio gear reviews , subjective impressions, thoughts, and questions about gear. Any post with a measurement should go in the measurements section below.

    1. Headphones

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      Latest: Verum 0.5 - planars with single sided magnetic system. Ithilstone Nov 20, 2018 at 3:17 PM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: Massdrop x THX AAA 789 Negura Nov 20, 2018 at 7:03 AM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: JVC FD01: A new contender for best DD IEM? zerodeefex Nov 20, 2018 at 8:15 AM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: Marvey's Cable Rolling Adventures m17xr2b Nov 18, 2018 at 12:30 PM
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Network Players - Streamers Impressions and Reviews rlow Nov 20, 2018 at 5:31 AM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Audirvana Plus 3 - Released allegro Nov 20, 2018 at 7:43 AM
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    3. Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear

      Anything related to vinyl playback, turntables, cartridges, phonostages, setup, discussions, measurements, etc.
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      Latest: Schiit Sol Turntable Sneak-Peak Senorx12562 Nov 18, 2018 at 9:12 PM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Preamp based on the Pass 1.7 murray Nov 16, 2018 at 8:03 PM
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Solid-State Power Amp Adventures Greg121986 Nov 17, 2018 at 5:41 PM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: General Speaker Advice and Recommendations rlow Nov 20, 2018 at 4:06 PM
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  5. Measurements (plus subjective impressions)

    Measurements with subjective impressions. Hands, Marv, Ultrabike, AtomicBob, Sorrodje, and cskippy. Unless your measurements have been sanctioned, please post them in the "Audio Science" sub-forum above. To is to prevent confusion as different measurement setups will have different results. Note that Hands' coupler has pinna, which will bump up the 2-3.5kHz region a little bit.

    1. Headphone Measurements

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      Latest: ZMF Aeolus Impression and Measurements Taverius Nov 20, 2018 at 10:42 AM
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: Massdrop x Noble X huynhhungvnr Nov 12, 2018
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: Massdrop THX AAA 789 and Schiit Jotunheim Measurements Pillars Nov 19, 2018 at 2:36 PM
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Soekris dac1541 technical measurements soekris Nov 3, 2018
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Radial Engineering ISO Twin (Jensen transformers) technical measurements atomicbob Nov 6, 2018
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: Comparison of several audio analysis systems - technical measurements atomicbob Jul 14, 2018
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

    Some of these sub-forums may be restricted to Friends or Contributors. Of course if you can't see it, then it doesn't exist.

    1. EU Forum

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      Latest: European friends listing Noldir Nov 13, 2018
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    2. Loaner Programs

      Loaner program logistics only. Impressions should be in their respective gear category subforums.
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      1. Closed Loaners

      2. Loaner Requests

      Latest: Loaner: HiFiMan Sundara captkirk Nov 20, 2018 at 3:51 PM
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    3. SBAF Blogs

      Please don't start a random blog in this sub-forum. This sub-forum is reserved for VIPs.
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      Latest: Vansen's Music Blog Vansen Nov 3, 2018
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: Audio Nirvana 'Classic 15 Alnico' Full Range Drivers dBel84 Nov 19, 2018 at 7:38 PM
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    5. For Sale

      HF is probably a better place to reach people for selling most stuff. We reach the same kinds of people as HF, but HF gets 7,000,000 sessions and 35,000,000 pageviews per month. We are about 1000 times smaller and the members here are much more selective in what they purchase.
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      1. Closed (Archived) Sales

      2. Buyer and Seller Feedback (Negative)

      Latest: FS: Schiit Vali 2 PacoTaco Nov 20, 2018 at 12:12 PM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

      2. Birthdays

      3. Health

      Latest: The NFL Football thread. bixby Nov 20, 2018 at 11:07 AM
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    2. Outdoor World

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      Latest: Inspirational Stuff TwoEars Sep 20, 2018
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    3. Geek Cave: Computers, Tablets, HT, Phones, Games

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      1. Lego and Other Building Bricks

      2. Clash of Clans

      Latest: Laptops JustAnotherRando Nov 20, 2018 at 3:56 PM
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    4. Food and Drink

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      Latest: Whiskey is better! fraggler Nov 17, 2018 at 1:06 PM
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    5. Musicians and Instruments

      SHow off your musical instruments and post what instruments you have and your musical accomplishments! Even if you play an instrument just as a hobby, please post your pics and descriptions!
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      Latest: The music we make bobboxbody Nov 20, 2018 at 12:55 PM
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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      Latest: Post Your Favorite Photos (Must have been taken by you!) msommers Nov 1, 2018
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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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      Latest: General Auto Chat crazychile Nov 16, 2018 at 5:19 AM
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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

      MoTs: Please introduce yourselves first before posting.
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      Latest: New Shanling M0 - Tiny DAP for 109$ Poleepkwa Nov 20, 2018 at 7:28 AM
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    2. Beezar

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      Latest: Beezar Audio/ECP Audio History TomB Nov 15, 2018 at 8:45 AM
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    3. Schiit

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      Latest: The Mike Moffat (#2 at Schiit) Blog powermatic Nov 4, 2018
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    4. The Source Audio Video Design Group (TSAV)

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      Latest: The Source AV Saturday Specials netforce Oct 26, 2018
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    5. Eddie Current

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      Latest: Eddie Current Zana Deux S David De Lucena Nov 16, 2018 at 8:16 AM
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